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Letters Patent No. 96,719, dated November 9, 1869.

IMPROVEMNT IN FENCE.

The ScheduleA referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom tt only concern Be it known that I, GYnUs MILNER, of Des'Moines, in the county of Polli, and in the State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the 'letters of reference marked thereon.

rlhe nature of my invention consists in connecting the panels of the fence upon burned-clay or equivalent foundations, the form of which is hereinafter described, and securing the parts together by means of metal braces, bars,and nuts, as more fully to be stated.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains, to make and use the saine, I will now proceed to describe the manner in which it is or may be 'constructed and used, referring to they 1t is provided with a projection, a, across its centre.,

and at each end with a projection,'b, extending beyond the'side ofthe body ofthe block.

Through the side projections b b are made holes for the insertion of braces, as seen in iig. 1, which holes are formed inthe clay before it is burned.

The block A, thus constructed, is sunk into thc ground 'until its upper side becomes on a level with thesurface ofthe ground.

This is the position I prefer for the block, although it may, of course, be placed so as to project any dcsired height above ground.

The fence-panel B is then placed on the block A, the ends of said panel being each constructed of two vertical boards, e c, secured to the ends of the horizont-al boards c c', the plojection a iitting between the lower ends of the vertical boards c c.l

lwo iron rods or braces, al d, whichhave been previously passed, one through `each projection, b, otthc block A, and bent underneath said projections, are passed up to the upper ends ofthe boards c e.

A bar, @with two holes, is placed on the upper ends of said rods, and nuts, t fi, securing it. A

By this means, the fence-panel B is iirmly braced to the block A.

I t will be seen-that the part A, as 'shown in iig. 2,

lis so formed as to be placed upon the earth, or it may` be inserted into the earth as far as the under surfaces of the projecting flanges b.

In fig. 3 the same device is shown without the projecting or perpendicular base.

-Vhen used in this latter form, (as shown iu tig. 3,) the braces (linay be in one piece, and extend some distance in the earth under the plate-block A. The brace thus made and extended will be kept steady, and can be regulated atthe top by the nuts 't t.

The block A, as shown in iig. 2, is similar to the one upon the right-hand portion of the fence in tig. 1, while the block A, as seen in tig. 3, is similar to the one upon the left-hand portion ot' the fence in iig. 1.

I have thus shown and described the forms of both blocks, as I do not wish to be confined tov 'eithefr one,

.for I may use either. I consider them substantiallythe same in operation and use, and only di'ering -in construction in so far as one has an extended base, while the other has not. j

-In places where no clay is 'to be found suitable for this purpose, the block may be iliade of` a cement, composed of hydraulic lime and plaster of Paris mixed with gravelin suitable proportions, by moulding into any size and shape desired, but having the projection across the centre, as above described, for the clay.

The rods or braces d d may be made in one piece,

shown inig. 3. v

The advantages of my invention are not only in the .diminished cost of the fence, but also in lessening the expense of keeping the fence in repair, as in'y fenceposts will notrot, nor will they burn up in case of iire.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. 'lhe fence-but or foundation A, made of burned clay or equivalent material, with an orifice at each end, and a projection, a, in its centre,substantially as shown and described.

2. A burned-clay'or equivalent foundation for a felice, whether placed'on the surface ci' the earth or provided with a prolongation which is inserted into the earth, and with a suitable device for stationing the fence-panel upon, all substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In combination with a burned-clay or equivalent foundation for. a fence-post, securing the panels by means ot' braces which pass through the foundation, and arc connected by suitable mechanism to the ends of the fence-panels, substantially for the purposes specified.

4. A fence-panel, composed of a series of bars c', and uprights c,- which project beneath Ithc under surface ofthe lower longitudinal bar c', and over an ward projection, a, upon suitable foundation, subantially for the purposes set forth.

5. (Dlamping the upper surface of @fence-panel, B, lder a cross-bar, e, ateaoh end of the panel, -wllen yid bar isheld close upon. the surface by Idevice or :vices which extend to or under the earth, substantlly asherein speoied.

6. Braoiug the fence-panel B bythe bars al, whether ade in one or two pieces, from the upper surface the fence to a burnedfclay Onequimlent founda- :m A, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination of a burned-@lay or equivalent undation A, with projection a, and a. single or double 

